New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-07-11
A MISLEADING STATEMENT
GENERAL BLACKS OFFICE SEEKING.

HOW FIGURES ARE MADE TO LIE PHYSICAL
wREcK-BLAcK AND HIS ''BooxLETs."
WASHINGTON. july 10 lsDedol>- Several days ago o
clerk In tho Pension Bureau sent to the WASH
ingon Offices Of newspapers friendly to the Admins
ffaiion with copies OF ststcmert ~s'ch was pup
Iished showing the unusual nuinbef OF claims adlud
Gated by the sic Pension once In she n"nth
of juno and In tho fiscal year ended on June 30
This statement was pointed to- unanswe,ablc ev-
dcncc of Commissioner Hacks conspicuous ability As
matter of Fact the assertions II contained were Iasc
and misleading The files Of the Pension once rave
been Systematically raked, fore and All, for cases
which could be sent forward for pension, 10 the ut
neglect and prejudice of equally honest caiias "cn'
through no fault o. the claimants have not yea
rlpened. II there IS any unusual number OF claims
psss,d now t IS due to increment OF honest "orA'
faithfully perfofmed by able Republican employees III
wears pzsu which now arrives at rniuo' anu . IA
,elipen,ly ronsumnaied by such wVahy i0ep""iio""
examiners as have remained an ONCE oosP'o N"''
missioner Blacks persistent efforts Tor l'en reo''
III the month of June. moreover mo ooiinss'oo'
was almost continuously absent, otensbly ID inc ih
,ooe, 30 tbc soldier but actually working up his
, &. hoor,iets, for Vice President, Secretary OF
,,e Interior Governor of Illinois for any thing In iac
for which he may hope to catch and ea)oe tae support
of the ex-soidiers. Any fcve1sh anc nnhea " s.iiu
a,ion of effort Ia the Pension ONCE toward the 'ssuo
of certificates necessarily implies corresponding oe
Opo- "
In ether words IL implies a longer waiting Oh less
fo,tupate claimants for their certificates. III any
n,a,se Il due TO official supervision In the showing vi
.vo, rerforned il is most emphati'aiiy 10 LUG
unchanged and frequent absences OF the Conhnssiooi
from his de.k and 10 nued presence Vi inc '"o
deputy commissioners at theirs.
In marked contrast 10 the arbitrary, passionate in'
CONSEQUENT and vain neapacity OF Comnsei1nor p'd'
are the patient Industry and effectiveness 10 ou'y "
Il
When ths order 10 sign the Office letters Is Inns
ti,nlm, err daIns tie frequent acschtes W 1850
is nassrd around pleasant smiles ana ioiie , ,
- of relief indicate the happiness of the eApioSeSS.
One of the Democratic charges against OociIi i,at
lev was hts absence nom his once On pnr which
,.sc correct schedule of the tine during "h. VIM,
n,sck has been away from the Pension bureau, Win
a eSsterent of the actual business whicE he 'aS IL
snrd while elsewhere, world be OF great ana a , ~,
'st and its publication is gcetiy qn"sunhh o., %
time Returning from hls iieQ. s !ans,p aInro
out Of tae p9Slo p ISe onsg e aside for
Jk. Zones his officials first aim appears 10 De
the nic:on n Sl us' s seve UNDER hint
deed for their moro ehect ai s, ~ While
laVvu e tine many members of his own immediate
=. nd snecIal friends are snugy ensconced ~ te
pubic crib from which .ee! sItbmxb he received
many warnings, Commissioner BLACK ia, .1ar, Of mo
lsst placed himself absolutely under the n, ,eds.eS
49, eements Of that Office which he PUBLICLY Pieusu
When the brsi tu pathetic history Of some Of ane
ns,ccIon shall DO wI+tten. It VIII be seen thai TINS
,Dfessei friend of the soldier Is IN iae', .an
80 caring only for such soldier votes or lnEutee
IA S nav he able to tcoit by that this tosdy oi ths
Grand Amy Of the kepuDhe hates IL Win m9 ,oeas
erntfcr If fear because IL debars him In some meas
- coo a. cbarcing ali the x-solders whom he founu
In Office to replace them by his hecers TSn;tnd
states Pension Office. with It's vast and far reaching
Inschinery, is used for party purposes, as m as
rewards for political service that no public bureau
tas over been more shamefuly mismanasea